Amina Khan's Articles

Amina Khan reviews a year of the Taliban in power

Amina Khan and Waqas Sajjad discuss the killing of Ayman Al-Zawahiri

Taliban has not only inherited weak institutions but a nonexistent economy and now a looming humanitarian crisis – in short, the group is struggling as it attempts to consolidate its power, formulate policies towards Afghan institutions and ensure that a humanitarian catastrophe does not occur.

In order for peace to return to Afghanistan, both the Afghan government and the Taliban will have to move beyond the rhetoric and find middle ground

All the ingredients for an Afghan peace deal are now in place, but the various stakeholders must show themselves to be ready and willing to work hard for it to succeed, writes Amina Khan